Mixtures and Properties of Matter

All of the buttons in this pile

• make the pile a mixture.

• can be separated with a magnet.

• have all the same properties.

• are likely to dissolve in water.

Which of the following would be considered a mixture? 

• lemonade

• sweet tea

• trail mix

A salad would be considered a _____________. 

• mixture

• solution

This is an example of a

• Solution

• Mixture

Combination of two or more different kinds of substances that keep their own physical properties and can be easily separated.

• Solution

• Mixture

• Solubility

• Miscibility

Sugar dissolved in water is an example of a

• Solution

• Mixture

One or more substances dissolve in another and cannot be easily separated.

• mixture

• solution

• dissolve

• solute

characteristics that can be used to classify matter

• mixture

• solution

• solute

• physical property

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

If you spilled nails in a sandbox, what separation tool/method could you use to clean out the sandbox so it would be safe for children to play in?

• Filter

• Screen

• Magnet

• Evaporation

Which is a tool to separate a mixture?

• Magnet

• Feet

• Paperclip

• Strainer